In my last update to you, I mentioned that we were awaiting the budget date to be unveiled. Since then, the Liberals not only announced the date, but delivered it on Feb. 27. What was expected was investments in healthcare for mental health, palliative care and our seniors, along with infrastructure funding across Sarnia-Lambton and Canada. I heard

As we’ve witnessed over the past two weeks, Olympic athletes must manage extraordinary pressure to perform when it matters the most. My experience of skiing — and overcoming that pressure — in multiple Winter Olympics allows me, in my role as a CBC commentator, to express what skiers re going through when they burst onto the course and aim for the

After being able to enjoy an extended period of time in Sarnia-Lambton, it has been back to business as usual with Parliament returning for the winter session on Jan. 30. However, with the return of Parliament I have found myself very busy still dealing with issues back in our constituency.

Near the end of the 2011 federal election campaign, news broke that then-NDP leader Jack Layton had been found naked by police in a massage parlour years earlier when he was a city councillor. Layton, shaken by the news report, said he had been there only because he had sore muscles and, well, needed a massage. He said he did not know other activit

If the Progressive Conservatives were looking for a silk purse out of the sow’s ear delivered with the sexual impropriety charges levelled at Patrick Brown and his abrupt resignation as leader, wisdom would dictate proceeding with a caution rarely exhibited.